Episode #2: Astroturfing in the District

January 15, 2008

  • The internet has been down(ish)
  • Last week’s show has been fantastic. 77 live listeners; 72 archive listeners; 11 callers
  • Astroturfing in the District of Columbia
    • Social media being something that doesn’t need to be deceptive
  • DC Twits Twitter Group
  • Cloverfield Tweetup Friday, January 18. 3pm meet for happy hour at Clydes. 5pm showing at Gallery Place.
  • Twitter is the facilitator of “things”
  • Caller: Keith
    • “You guys are sounding more polished this week”
    • Why Go Solo update.
  • Silly Valley: Should Gizmodo have gotten booted from CES for their TV-B-Gone prank?
    • Aaron: “I thought the stunt was hilarious”
    • Geoff: disagrees
    • Caller: Annie “Companies may have lost so much money fron the stunt”
  • Macworld wrapup

Episode 2 - MP3